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BRYUM GILLIESir. 



Cryptogamia Musci. Nat. Ord. Musci. 



Gen. Char, ^^te terminalis. Peristomuim duplex: ^x/. sedecim-den* 



tatum ; 2?i(. e membrana sedecim-laciniata, nunc ciliis interpositis. 

 Calyptra dimidiata* 



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Bryum Gilliesii; casspitosa ramosa, foliis ovatis concavis obtusLs inte- 



gerrimis grosse reticulatis, nervo integroj capsula incHnata una 



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cum apophysi pyriformi, operculo brevi-conico. (Tab* II.) 



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Hab. In terram ad radices montium in Andibus, prope Mendozam. 



Z). Gillies. 



Caules sublaxe caespitosi, inferne radiculosi, semiunciam longi^ erecti, 



rubicund], subramosi. Rarni dichotomi, non rare ex innova- 

 tionibus orti. Folia subarcte irabricata, erecta, fere exacte ovata, 

 concava, valde obtusa, integerrima^ succulenta, laxe reticulata, 

 pallide viridia, nervo valido, usque ad apicem attingente, in- 

 structa. Seta terminalis, semipollicaris, leevis, Capstda inclinans 

 una cum apophysi fere exacte pyriformiSj primum viridis, demum 

 luteo-fusca. Calyptra juvenis fere cylindracea, hinc lateraliter 

 fissa. Operculum conicum, vel conico-hemisphaericum, obtusuin. 

 Peristomiwyi externum e dentibus sedecim, acuminatis, brevius- 

 culis, aureo-fuscis ; internum e membrana flava reticulata, sedecim- 

 laciniata, laciniis remotis, erectis, angustis, strictis, ciliis interpo- 

 sitis nullis. 



From a view of the capsule and leaves alone of this curious 

 little MosS; there are few botanists but would pronounce it to 

 belong to the genus Splachnum : but it is altogether a ter- 

 .restrial plant^ and appears to grow in a very dry and arid soil; 

 and on carefully removing the operculum and the outer teeth of 

 the peristome^ the inner laciniated membrane comes to view, 

 showing it to belong to the genus Bryuvi^ or that division 

 of it called Pohlia by many authors^ wanting the interposed 

 ciliae to the inner peristome : and thus bearing the same re- 



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